Shortly after Bush stole the 2000 election, I wrote an article in which I suggested that it might be wise to consider the purchase of an AK47 as an investment. Today those words sound strangely prophetic, yet eerie alien.

Jeff Toste, one of Rhode Island’s most successful third-party candidates and an experienced community advocate, is running for the State Senate seat in District 5. In 2002 when he ran for the same office, he stunned RI career politicians by winning an unparalleled 23% of the vote. This year Toste is on track to become Rhode Island’s first Green State Senator.